Shadows Against the Empire (Folkestone & Hand Interplanetary Steampunk Adventures Book 1)

Shadows Against the Empire (Folkestone & Hand, #1)

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If you like the Steampunk genre or if you want to just find out what it's like, then pick up this book and give it a read. I'm patiently looking forward to the next book in the series. Perfect summer reading, and so much more fun to imagine it all in your head! Folkestone is the gallant British officer, but for my money, Felix Hand is the soldier I'd want backing me up.

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Lists with This Book. Jan 23, C. Powell rated it it was amazing. Great Steampunk adventure set in an alternative British Empire with advanced steam driven machinery and airships.

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The British Empire is policing colonies on Mars and Venus in the year of It's a wonderfully weird and wacky adventure of a retro sci-fi world from our past. An alternative British Empire in a bizarre space age. The image of Victorian machinery iron and steam in a space age dreamed Great Steampunk adventure set in an alternative British Empire with advanced steam driven machinery and airships.

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The image of Victorian machinery iron and steam in a space age dreamed of by people with futuristic imaginations of the late 19th and early 20th Century. A story of ancient Dark Gods known to Martians and Venusians from their entwined pasts yet not to Humans who are new comers building empires and colonies upon both planets.

The restless natives of these colonised worlds are resurrecting taboo old Gods. Those that must not be spoken of. Their aim The Dark Gods to destroy the alternative British Empire of and bring vengeance upon humanity. Only the dashing Captain Folkestone and Sergeant Hand can thwart the evil as they travel on a quest from Mars to Venus following leads where humanoid and reptilian Venusians live. Great adventure for all fans of Steampunk Sci-Fi where even Victorian London's back streets are awash with inter-planetary multi-culturalism.

The whole story moves well with its wonderful alternative Victorian feel combined with retro steam-powered machinery from a mythical, dreamed of, age. The Last Days of Thunder Child This was a great read for those of us liking Steampunk.

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An alternate British Empire that along with several other countries has made their presence known on several planets in the solar system in the year A dark evil has been reborn on Mars and threatens to force itself on the rest of the planets in the solar system. Captain Robert Folkestone Human and Sergeant Felix Hand Martian are tasked with finding the reason for the destruction of a 'patrol steamer' over one of the old Martian ci This was a great read for those of us liking Steampunk. Captain Robert Folkestone Human and Sergeant Felix Hand Martian are tasked with finding the reason for the destruction of a 'patrol steamer' over one of the old Martian cities, Old Cydonia.

When they see waves of energy being directed at them from the hands of an old Martian sitting in the sand they realize that this will not be a normal investigation. This is a very well written book, the characters are well thought out as well as the various worlds where this takes place.

If you like Steampunk or if this is your first venture into it this is a very good book. I'd highly recommend it to anyone. Sep 29, Cozette R rated it really liked it. I received a copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads. This story is about 2 British military men in the future.

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The galaxy has been explored and there has been found different races on the different planets. Ships can travel in between the planets. But the old Gods of these planets are not happy, and they want to rule again. One of the gods possess the body of a martian and tries to control him to rule. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Using a dreadful new weapon they can destroy all governments and seize the the Solar System in an iron grip. Should they fail, the 19th Century will be consumed by terror, destruction and fire. Read more Read less. Thousands of books are eligible, including current and former best sellers. Look for the Kindle MatchBook icon on print and Kindle book detail pages of qualifying books.

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Learn more about Kindle MatchBook. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. I wanted to give the reader a greater view of that Solar System. For the most part, it adheres to the tenants of Victorian astronomy. One of those tenants was the existence of the planet Vulcan.

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Not the well-known planet from the famous television franchise but a small planet orbiting the Sun between the Sun and Mercury. In the process, the reader visits Mercury, gets a side trip to the Asteroid Belt, and, of course, another look at life on Mars. In the first book, the reader got a glimpse of London; here, the reader is afforded an even longer look at 19th Century Paris and all the changes brought about by the Industrial Illumination, as they refer to it. We also learn a bit more about the Alexandrian Diffusion, which, more than anything else, turned the course of Empire.

However, the book is not about wondrous places, skewed history or epic adventures; it is about the characters who live in that universe, and I think you will like them, even the black hats of the story.

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